Drakes Bay

The second video is an interview with the last oyster farmer in California. He is granite. Intelligence and grace are revealed as he chronicles his long battle to keep the last oyster farm going.

At times I was brought to tears.http://www.defendruralamerica.com/DRA/Drakes_Bay.html

Hi Phil,

Thanks for the post. This interests me in particular because one of my clients in involved with oyster farming. The link you posted is better like http://www.defendruralamerica.com/DRA/Drakes_Bay.html (copy and paste on browser if clicking does not work)

No doubt, the area would better serve the general public as a thriving business. However, a deal is a deal, and Drakes Oyster Farm signed a lease that clearly indicated all would be over in November 2012.

The bigger issue, of course, is the growing National Parks -- land sometimes donated to the National Parks program, and sometime taken over by the program.

Marcy